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f THE WEEKIyMKjMQS TIMES. .1^ ? 1 - - ' 1 '"' vssaaq^? . fr. . ? '' * ? .... I *?* ?1 " ' " n|?' * ? ' 'g 1 " ? . ,IV?. ,,,.??,,? a writer in ine Ol. JLrOUlS UlO06-IMs%0tr*i, speaking about the western part of Australia, says: "The aborigines succumb very easily to the diseases of the White man. Lung troubles are particularly fatal with them. The black man oomas into a white settlement, wears the clothes of a white mau, gets restless, goes back to the bush, throws oil his cloths, catches a cold and dies. I believe Australia is as good a place as ever /for a young mau to make money." Thero is one thing that has kept pace swith the ascending buildings, asserts the !!New York Tribune. It takes you less time to reach the eleventh story of a new structure nowadays than it took to reach ' ".you step into an elevator in a modern building, you feel as if you were flashed through space. You are uo sooner in the car than you hear the monotonous "ninth," or "tenth," or "cleveuth" of the elevator boy. You find yourself over > great city hardly realizing how you got there; so the inconvenience of having an office in raid-air is reduced to a point scarcely worth considering. Buys the Boston Herald: Peoplo who believe in the heredity of crime will find some interesting evidence on their side in the history of a Charles Ford who was hanged recently lor murder in Illinois. His father was hanged for the same crime before him, and his brother likowi6e. His mother's brother is now doing time at Sing Sing (N. Y.) Prison for train ^^wrecking, and his sister has run a thieves' iparadise in New York for several years. 43he was chased out or Chicago, and her second husband is in the Indisiun State Penitentiary. There are uumorous other < relatives in the same line of business, but perhaps this record will do. The statistics of floriculture furnished by the Census Bureau are of a very interesting charucter. There arc, it ap i pears, 5000 establishments throughout the country engaged in raising flowers and plants; $40,000,000 is invested in the | industry, and nearly 20,000 persons are 1 employed in it. The products during 1 the census year were valued at $20,000,- ' / 000, and among the products wore 50,- | ~"cal and the nesthetic side," comments the * Philadelphia Jtecord, "the extent of this . industry is gratifying. The passion for j UowersKs one of the most delicate sentiments in human nature, ami its subtilo and reflning influence is a factor in moral growch and elevation." j 1 I be New York Mail and A.cpreas is of the opinion that very few people have any idea of the tnauner in which the development of the commerce on our great lakes keeps pace with the cxtcntion of trunk line railroads. The Ceusus Bureau have issued a second bulletin on lake transportation, which places the number of vessels engaged on the lakes at 2781, with a gross tonnage of 924,472, a net tonnage of 780,119, and estimated carrycapacity of 1,254,721 tons and a commercial valuation of $18,809,750. This is a marvelous showing, not only for the lake traffic, but for the development of the region beyond the lakes which has stimulated the lake commerce. The Louisvllie Courier-Journal says: "tfie proper way in which to consider * the size of a city is to include all the people iu a given radius who are directly depeudent upon it for support, whether they may live in a different country or Btate. The application of this test cnuscs considerable shifting about of places among our cities, and results in some surprises. It givos to New York that ?;reat lead in pbpulation which her commercial and financial importance and metropolitan character warraut. Whilo on the fac- the census returns Now York has 1,513,000 and Chicago 1,099,000, the difference does not seetn great, yet when New York takes all her suburbs and outlying towns, places in which people can sleep but live in New k YorK, she expands into a mighty volumo, * comparing well with that of London. By taking a section of country around New York Bay about fifty iniles square, one obtains a population of 3,621,578, all of whom arc virtually citizens of tho metropolis. By assigning to thorn areas similar to those given to New York, tho chief centres of population are in orceins follows: Population New York 3,621,000 Philadelphia 1,422,000 Boston 1,334,00( Chicago 1,324,000 Pittsburg 077,00( St. I/ouis 620,000 Cincinnati 500, Q0C Baltimore 5*0, oof Providence 532,000 < 'leveland 426,ooc % Buffalo 385,000 Minneapolis 38i,OOu Han Francisco... 335,000 Detroit 330,00C Milwaukee 320,000 Kansas City 306,000 Albany 280,000 Now Orleans 280,000 j/oulsvllle 277,000 LATE SOUTHERN BRIEFS. Knowing That Variety Is The Spice Of Life, We Present to Our Readers All tho Home News, Freeh, Spicy And Condensed. VIRGINIA. Amelia Godsey was burned to death in Danville Friday. The fifty-second annual commencement of the Virginia Military Institute began Friday night at Lexington. A new brewery has been completed at Richmond. The Free Masons, at Tazewell G. H , Temple The gas works at Charlottesville were struck by lightning Wednesday night uud badly damaged. Daniel Nasli, captaiu of the Silver Star, plying between Washington and Occoquan, was found dead near Alexandria. The remains of William Clements, who was killed in the Chesapeake and Ohio wreck, were taken to Cellerstown for in-ei incut. Bueua Vista decided at a recent election to issue $10,000 of bonds to extend the water works, complete the sewerage system and make other improvements. The directors of the Salem Improvement Co.. of Salem, Va., are preparing to put their furnaces into blast as soon as a suflicicnt supply of coal, coke, iron ore and other materials can be assembled to ensure continuous work. NORTH CAROLINA. It is said there are 1200 visitors at Morchcad City. . . John M. Sherwood, of Raleigh, was elected Grand Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, at the nnnunl session ?f the Grand Lodge, at Charlotte. The collector of internal revenue received information of the capture of an illicit distillery at n point 8 miles northwest of Hillsboro. It was destroyed, with a quantity of beer and liquor. The State Board of Agriculture nd iourned Friday morning, after several ilays of earnest work. It has re-elected fill lllP nftiPftro r\f ? - e a VI vuo JL/C|jaiiiiivut UI Ag riculturc. It meets again October 21st, Juiiug the Southern Exposition. Before Qcorgo Vanderbilt made his large purchases at Biltmore, near Ashe rille, the revenue derived from freights it that depot by the R. & D. Railroad uuouutcd to $6,000 per year. Mr. Vau:lc rbi It's freights alone now average HS ffgflfe.. RreclOrs of (he Stafe penitentiary, submitted to the Governor a quarterly report of the operations of the institution for the quarter ending May 3, 1891: Kataings for March, $65,457.29; April. $16,670.56; May, $18,792.44 ; expenses, March, $15,381.65; April, $19,861.54; May, $15,163.33; earnings over evn?ns?sf $10,197.61. SOUTH CAROLINA. A sheet and lead pipe factory has been fully equipped and is now in operation at Charleston. A syndicate of German capitalists is reported as having purchased and as to develop the Wilson gold mine. The Governor has respited Lewis Williams, of Darlington, until November 13, Williams was to have been hanged on July 13. Ground has been broken at Spartanburg for the dummy line railroad chartered under the name of tlie HnmtnnVtnrrr -- ? ? 1 ? ei Clifton and Glendale Railroad. The South Carolina Railway authorities have decided to discontinue the parlor car on the run between Charleston and Augusta. The Ladies' Institution for Physical Culture at Charleston, which had been so success!uIly conducted by Prof. F. P. Valdcz during the winter months, has been closed until next November. Secretary of State J. E. Tindal, who is also secretary of the Confederate Veterans Association, has had a gieat number of blanks printed, which contain all the information necessary for those who desiie to applv for membership. Prof, benjamin Sloan, who has been chosen chairman of iho faculty ot the South Carolina College, is the senior member of the faculty, having assumed his duties at the opening of the Agricultural College iu 1880. TENNESSEE. Thc;e has been a Georgia Club organ- | ized at Vandcrbllt University, and the first annual banquet was held Fridav night. _ The Interstate Agricultural and Mcchaniea' Fair Assor ialiou '>( Memphis tins the dates of their fair fixed October lit to !7 inclusive. R. G. Craig is president. The flour mills of Nashville now have a daily output of 8,000 babels. Within a short time th's production will have nearly doubled, for two latgo nvl's have been erected at South Nashville. The Cherokee Land Company has given a contract to tlie G'otou Siccl Bridge Company. of Gioton. New York, to throw a fine steel biidge ac-oss the Tennessee iivcr f?oui Knoxville to its property 011 the other side, known as South Kuoxville. This biidge will cost $100,000. It will he ready for u*,e the first of November. At Ncwmansvillc, Greene ',oun!y, on Saturday. a cloud-hurst hid gieat damage. The plaec is remolc from the rail, road ami telegraph olioes. hut inforrnation comes to-day of the calamity. The fall of water was something terrific, and small crock became a ragvrg river 100 yards wide. Chiineellor Sitinmcrfteld A. Key died ' iiiidav ul Chattanooga. aged 54. He w.is a brother of I* it it oil Stairs Judge Key. lb* served in the Confederacy during the war as adjutant of the Fortythird Tennessee, was elected chain oho.' .ihout live years ago A w'fc uud tb'ee hildrcn survive hint. GEORGIA. The "Atlanta Society of Civil Enjji neers" was permanently organized last Tuesday. 22 members wtfre enrolled. Augusta, it is claimed, will have one of the handsomest union passenger stations in country. The plans of it a. e already completed. The cost will be $100,000. The local option session is gi owing warm iu Athens. Anti'sand prolii's now occupy considerable space in tho local papers, and a lively fight is in progress. A special from Ta'botton, says: The > 11 which will be introduced iu the legislature by Hon. Simeon Maxwell, ret|uiiiug the voters of Talbot county to 1 register, is generally approved by the < people. < "Yes," said Judge Gaston, of Gaines- ' ville, "General Longstreet is in pretty 1 fair health. He has built a cottage on J J on his book about the war." ' At the recent commencement of Mer. ' cev University, ni Macon, f.Lo title of | IX. D. was conferred on Governor W. J. j Norlhcn. The Governor is au alumnus . and a trustee of the university. FLORIDA. .t Duriuir the se.-ison a hnvn? it..*.,.. tou, received $1,300 net proceeds from 1J > acres of strawberries. fl The closing exercises proper of the ' Florida State Agricultural College at 1 Lake City for 1891 took place Wednesday " evening. Hon. John E. llartridge, of x Jacksonville, delivered the oratioD. The contract has been let for building n 220 miles of the Mexican Gulf, Pacific s uud Pugct Sound Railroad, commencing ? at Pensacola. v Correspondence now being had with s New York gentlemen by Mr. Carncll, of Ormond, will probably result in bringing " fifty families to that town and its vicinity to settle permanently. The Secretary of the Jacksonville ' Board of Trade has received a telegram from Gov. Fleming that the bill to bond Duval county $300,000 for the improve ment of the St. JohDs river has become a ?., law. v Within less than a year the next Governor of Florida will undoubtedly have < been named. There aro at least twenty ? men in Florida who would give a cool "?< $1,000 apiece, says the Times-Union, if tlicy knew right now whether or not the z: lightning is going to strike them. o OTHER STATES. ^ The peach crop in Louisiana this ycat will be large. . , to II. M. Stringfellow, of Hitchcock, Tex , writes that he netted last year over \ all expenses about $2,000 from his 200 t>J Kieffcr and 200 Lc Conte Uc^1_ea?lLA,i? six nfid sCven^l^^^^P^^PP|^CT^e^P| Attorney General of the State fjfea a t>C- , tifion praying for an injunctibn against a. a club composed of fifty six of the leading jt insurance concerns in 'operation in that as Stale, who. the Attorney General h*!dr, p nave lormctt incmseivos into a trust ana u entered into n conspiracy in-violation, of the laws of Texas. it Footprints of a Giant Steed and Rider i( Chawfokd. Ga., [Special |?There is a flat lock near the old Echo's mill that ? covers an acre of grouud. One of the " strange featuies of the rock is the track sl of some huge beast of burden, also the n track of the ?idcr of this ?|ucer, anfede- ]' luvian monster. It seeins that the rider and his steed made a tour across tne ' sock, leaving their tracks impressed in ? the solid granite. About middlcway of the stony surface can be seen a place where the girth of the rider's saddle broke and he dismounted to fix it, leaving his tracks as plain as if made in a sand bed. The hand of time has not erased theni, but they arc there now, showing the form of the animal's feet and the precise impression of the | giant's feet impressed therein, with toes i n.wl nil as perfect and dialing as a | schoolboy's bare-foot tiack of to-day. I Women Fight With Revolvers. t T Dimrif f D r-.ir I C nn/.iA II ^ jjiv.iu > iiii.r., v v/u.) [ U|H. ti(U j i "w . | women, Ellen Cloucartcu and one whose I | name could not be learned, both resi- I dents of Stray Horse Gulch, near the eastern limits of the city, while engaged . in a wordy war this ofternoon, suddenly . resolved to settle the dispute in the manner usually resorted to in that locality? ; that is, with g ins. They were in deadly eat nest, and did not cease firing until each had emptied the chambers of her j revolver. To the condition of extreme nervous j agitation the women were in when they ( did their shooting may probably be at- 1 t<United the fact that they did so little , damage. Neither of the participants in the sifray received a scratch. A Farmer and a Pound of Powder. 1 Bikmingiiam. At.a., |Special.)?John Siverly bought a pound of powder, a pair of shoes, and a new tin pan at Moulton yesterday, lie put the powder and the shoes in the pan, and set it in ti e back of bis wagon, wlcre the sua shone on it. lie then slatted home. He was not smoking, and there was no lire about the wagon, but a mile out of town the powder exploded, knocking him out <>r the wagon, tearing his i lot lies olT and huniing him terribly. Ii is thought Hint 'i now li'? not oil like ;i mirror, end ooo :>trnto?l the rays of I lie* sun so as to ex loile t lie powder. Southern Immigration Bureau. Halkiuii, N. l'.,|Spccial |- The South*rn Inter state Immigration bureau linn established a department of health, ranitation and climatology, re< eiving the co-operation of .sontlicii inedienl organizations. It will furnish applicants with data on the climatology and the sanitary condition of any pa't of tin- south. The oflicc will be either at Knoxvillc, Atlanta or Asheville. Not a Now Thing in the South; The great sensation New York is now linking because the first negro lias been allowed to set ona jury there must strike Southern people as strange. Here in the South negroes have been allowed on [ tries ever since they were made ftcc.? Hicluuoud State. / JB STARVniO ISLAIVDKBS. ( First Decimated by aa Epidemic and How Buffering for Food. MoKTRKAfc, Cam AO A, r Special. 1? Capt. N. T. Jordan, of the schooner i Mary, (jives additional particular! ef the ep'dimic at Magdalen Islands. Two months ago the aon of a lighthouse keeper at South Point, Amherst Island, fell ilL His disease was not considered dangerous until other members of the I family were similarly affected. It was t thought to be tho giip. The Malady t spread rapidly iuto tne neighboring vil- ?i logo of Btang du Nord, and in less than h ft WMk UVfn.olalitKi ?' A- I.ViUli COM The German Stvl ;|ktirw The And Will No^Bntertafci Hi* Boya) London, flablogram.]?Tb? position >f^Pi inco of^alcs is btn omlog move and *?la>me liim when his fleet arrive^ off Shserness, and for similar reasom he Mil Hit be accompanied oa his visit bv'tbe ?r'*ncc. whose absence, however, wilfbe nove than made up by the piesence of lie Queen. The Frcetnans' Journal publishes a caroou. iu which Pai n ell, Healv and others uc sealed around the baccaiat table, ilaying the celebrated game. Healy is >icturcu iu the act of surreptitiously ddiug cou titers to his bet, while Pa:ucil ihispers to Erin, "this is too hot." ? The police authority of Biimiogha1^ e afraid that the Ptinee of Wales wu? ncct with hostile demoust:atious in the t'cels when lie conies theic to oiieu up ew law courts on the 21st of July, and rill rual.e careful arrangements and tringent jegu'aMoDS to prevent them. fcKINLEY WItT" A BIGWHOOP. Lmid Wild , Enthusiasm Ohio Bopublicans Nominate Him for Governor. Coi.umbos, Ohio, [Special.]?The ccond day of the Rcnublicau State Con option of Ohio opened bright and clear. The proceedings were opened by prayr. nfter which the report of the comlit tee on credentials was presented and dunted. The committee on permanent organiition reported amid applause the name f Geueral Asa 8. Bushnell, of Clarke unity, for peimanent chairman of the invention, and E. 8. Kessinger, or i hens, for permanent secretary, iNominations were declared in or&|pt id Ex-Governor Foraker arosa to pta> nt Hie nn^F of McKinley for <*vei M^ llii mat iou, the oonvcritiou ?l<-t lai c?i' M 1 ir McKinky nominated fdr Governor by ?claqiatidqT' and ? committee was ap;;:::?cd to apprise him C> his miiuiunon and cscott him to the hall. Major McKinley. in accepting the nomlatiou, spoke with unwontcu energy. The nomination of Harris for Lieu'iiant-Governor was a victory for the hctmao contingent and was the result f a st ill hunt. Upon the calling of the ill Hon. Charles P. Griffin, of Toledo, a launch Foraker man, seemed to have the omination by a sufficient majority. Ma >r McKiulcy and Senator Sherman hid a ngthy private conference this afternoon. Tic campaign w ill be inaugurated withut loss of lime. SLAVIN WIMTHE FIGHT. A \ iteferee Dunn, Hvwayct, Handera a Decision Which Creates Adverse Criticism. New York, f Special.]?Jere Dunn, lie referee of the glove fight between Prank Rlnvin and Julro in IIC lokeu, Tuesday night, has made known lis official decision. He decided that >laviu had won the bout, and was entiled to 75 per cent, of the $10,000 purse, >nt that all bets that Kilrain would be <nockcd out within the ten rounds were ff. New York sporting men look upon he decision as inconsistent. They claim hat a ten-round contest must be condvided unless one man is knocked out or ujured so that be must stop, and that udy an event of either character can end t contest of a limited number of rounds. In this instance the mistake of the timekeeper in not sounding |the gong before Kilrain was on bis feet after a knockdown in the ninth round, caused the trouble, but tecbnteSIRyTfcgsrtted Kilrain being up and ready to fight when the gong was struck was not knocked out. The decision has made a considerable stir among the betting men, many ci whom had wagered for and against Kilrain's being knocked out. He Stood Up. IIii.ton, Ga., [Special.]?At a pro tr.t-ted meeting the other day the minister preached a special sermon to thi young men. commenting at some lengtl on i lie character of George Washington and requested any one present wh< thought himself Washington's equal tc -land up. One young man arose. Th< p i tor asked him upon what did he bas< iiis claim. "Sir," said the young man, "I an 'wuinl of llilfnn ofafton " The thirsty Bostonese have been unde lie legal necessity for some time past of let :ng their thirst go unslaked' save in i'Ming posture. Tlitf^ciyrtisU and re formers of that singblar town demon si rated to their own/satisfaction that li iiik permeating aim percolating alon the sinuosities of tlfc seated figure w? less deleterious (ham one plungiDg pn cipiijtely along the Vair liner! a peeper dicular toper. I Killed by Lightning While in it Mother's \\rms. FonT Smith, Auk.J [Special.]?/ ..owell, Ark., the two-yVar-old child < Dr. White, whilo playin(r in its mother irnis. was*struck by lighVning and killc a>uutly, The mother yj at uninjured. 1 _ iu? luuiuunuis | 1 wan down. The disease liad then as- s ? most maliguant foirn. Deaths I E a Oaten and children, were afflicted, while the death roll had run into the I hundreds. The people became panic- t stricken and helpless. s ' The outbreak was at the opening of the fishing season, but as nearly every ? one was affected tho fisheries were en- v tircly abandoned. The is'anders depend o on the catch for food and supplies. r< Their condition is simply deplorable. J It Deaths nio now so frequent thai the p dead have to be immediately buried o in the merest npology for a coftin. In tl the vicinity of Fox liurhor, Capt. Jordan ai has apcu upward of thirty families at tu- 1 Rilly'tarving, while others arc satisfied if fti hey can get a biscuit each as a day's ra it ions He visited one family named ti Jameson, consisting of eight pe >ple; four n are dead, the mother aud two children r<. dying, and the father, who is ill. said ct that oxccntiog a little Indian meal, they ni had not nad food for two weeks. The 11 same terrible condition prevails on the it other -island** A tw-MMyri,' - ?w cine Is exhausted. The Captain said un- tl i? r?~,i ? - 1WU TTCW* iiumQUinioiy HCQl inOgO WIIO | 11 survived the disease would staive to p death. The islands ate under the con- c trol of the Quebec Government. They d art? private property, having been grant- u ed by the British Government to Heat si Admital bir Isaac Collin, and ate now b owned by h;s nephew. tl a i THE NATIONAL CHAUTAUQUA. A P Formal Opening of the New Educational Institution at Washington. |, Washinoton, D. (I., |Special. I?The ''National Chniitau<|ua" at Glen Kcno,scv- 1' en miles from this city, was opened to- r< day. The main building is an amphithc- |" atre 206 feet in diameter, capable of 6eal- 'v j tJ.O'MV , < <mipO ik tcti of I" big new organ. The Rev. A. H. Oillet, the 11 Field Secretary of* the original Chautau- 11 qua and the Chancellor of the Glen Echo B' Chautauqua, presided and introduced tho sneakers. The 1nt?er were local clergymoo and the Hev. T. DeVYitt Talmage of ? Brooklyu. Several thousand people were 11 piesent. The dedicatory add toss was by Chan- ^ ccllor Gillct. lie unfolded a flag that f( had been presented to hint by llishop Vincent, the originator of the Chautau- P qua idea, and which I)r. Gillet said had been unfolded at every Chautauqua event 'l of importance in the history of the move- ? meat. The site of the Chautauqua Is in the midst of romantic scenery ou the Poto- E mac River. Already ha'f a million has ^ been expended for buildings, for an elcc- ^ trie road, and fot other improvements. A fine large stoue building, kuowuns the a Hall of Philosophy, has been erected. 8' The present programme includes lectures c by specialists, to be delivered every hour ? n the day for the next thiec w/;cks. ' LIVELY TIMES IN CHILI. \ 4 Balmaceda's War Ships Bombarding 1 the Northern Ports. ( Santiago de Chili, |Special. |?It is 1 officially announced heic that the Presi 1 dential squadton of war ships bombarded Pisagua on June 8 for three hours, aud that Iquiquc met with a similar bombard incut on June 9. In the case of the latter city, according to the official announcement, the Huascar and O'Higgin* fired upon the city with their long range guns, "but," the announcement add% "these vessels remained at a distance." a ....;i i lu'iatiiuicut ut oauuis auu uuwj*' landed from the Presidential squadion, on > June 10, occupied Toconilla and collect- ' ! cd the duty, due President Balmaccda's ' i Government, on the saltpetre then Veins 1 i landed at that port. From Tocopil'a ] the Presidential vessels steamed to An toj fagasta and bombarded that port also. 1 r The Presidential s.y-^ron afterward: occupied Chanaral, and, after spikinp the guns of the insurgent batteries, released a number of prisoneis held in ens tody by the insurgents on account of no litical offences, and who were found to be in a state of serai-starvation. ~ The foreign and mercantile commini " ty is weary of the war and heartily defeir1 ous that one side or the other obtain the J upper hand. ) "" * > Bright Outlook for Brazil Predicted. Rio De Janeiro, Bkazii., [Special. | ? President da Fonseca, at the opening of 1 Parliament made an optimistic speech, in which he dwelt upon the good rclafions which exist between Brazil and all r foreign powers. The President also said > lhat the condition of the country was a peaceful, and that there had been an ini c.casc in the revenue receipts In roni elusion, President Fonseca said lie hoped a .o he able to effect an equilibrium of the g. budget without finding it necessary to is impose fresh (axes upon the people. e- ? Killed by Runaway Cars. Ci.ikton Fokok, Va., [Specin1. J?A col lision occurred at Balcony Fnlls, on the ta Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, this evening, and Engineer Lane and Fireman Clements of (his placo were killed. The tt eollission was caused by the train sepa?f rating. The engineer started his engine hack nnd met (he cars coming down on a J curve, tt was too lato to avoid a collia- , ion. . .i ALLIANCE TWAirfllmrr K Nebraska Judge to The Rescur Of A Farmer. rhe Relation of Col. L. I*. Polk And the New People's Party Discussed. According to The Hub, a paper pubished at Kearney, Neb., the distress o( he farmers has touched the judicial K'ucli, and caused it to exercise u rare legree of discretion in administering the ?w. It seems that while court was in sesion iu a towu appropriately named Iroken Bow, a lawyer applied for a rule ? aawtoi a Ona iawt<aMBi ..aaVai. [fir >ut a prcccdeut in court auuals. Judge Ilauter, who was presidium, ooked thoughtfully at the lawyer a moncnt. Theu his eyes ranged over the faemnra Is* !??? 1?.*II /\f UM Kiwi 1 (IIIUVIa ill mt IKIII ui JUOIII V. "I will uot do itl" sait! the judge. This docket is covered, page upon page, kith continuation eases. The drougnl f last summer has exhausted the farmer's [ sources, and he is unable to pay hi* >an*. The aet of God, for which the eople are uot responsible, has reduced no-half of them almost to bcgguiy, and His calamity shaft got be made worse by ay aet of mine. We are asked to true 00 farmers over to money lenders and l>0 women and children over to pauper >m. It shall never be done in this dis ict while lam judge. The people at" ot able to pay, and 1 will not assist in >bbing them. Let us wait until a ?lop in be raised arid confidence restore.?, ad all will come out right. If a man luting on his land, or trying to cultivnlc , ho should have the reward of li.'s ui*. Twrmnrm wumui- w ?no?err lines like these, If the owner is trying t" nakc a living on the land. When the eople are compelled to ask aid *to pro uresecd it would be a cruel mockery b leprive them of the land to sow the seed pon. I have a right not to eonliiin iulc when the properly sold does nut ring two-thirds its actual value, and in iiese cnse.s it lias not brought that mount. The sale is not continued.'' ******* The president of the National Farmers' lliuncc and Industrial Luion, Col. L I. oik, was uot present at the Cim intuit i onfercnco that formed the " People'arty," and he was not in favor of tin irmation of u new party so soon. Ne\? i leless, he does not propose to be in I In at when the procession ha* started, am comes out in his paper, the Pn gn e Farmer, in what aught to be munis kaljle lnslnon, as follows: The qucation what will the AUinnet If. " WWIj1 ItUUgH idhff Him \ dsdom to answer that Question. Tin cw party has adopted the Alliance dorands and its platform. Docs any one appose that intelligent Alliance men w 111 ote ugaiust a party that adopts 1lios? lemnndu ?n<l in fnyijr nf > pot-lv fli'il i lit nly fails to adopt, but resists tliosi de i lands? The Weatern Alliance Stall* I uve already gone into the new pa:!;. Vill not the necessity for Alliance uiiiiv :>rce the other Alliauce States to go into lie new party also? We sec no way !< re vent the new party from sweeping (In ountry, except the simple one of cheer illy conceding to the people every one f their just demands. According to a Topoka dispatch, tin Ixecutive Committee of the Karimis Uiatice of Kansas is discussing a plan jr a private sub-treasury. The plan is to establish in each county bunk, aud storehouse or elevator. The tock is to he taken hy subscription, and ach county sub-treasury is to be inanugd by the officers of the local Alliance rhc farmers may deposit their grain or tther products in the storehouse and read vc in checks of the hank 80 per cent. >f the value of the deposit, minus the lltirirpa for inuiirTil'." 'l<>nnuil *-!in I >c kept uutil the owner is ready to sell. Ileaiiwhile his check for advances is to lirculutc as money. The amount of the produce deposited is limited to the imount of the hank stock subscribed. Buch are the outlines of the plan. * * * * * * An anti-trust bill has been passed In he Illinois Legislature which forbid* vith severe penalties any corporation, rartnership, individual or association to utcr into an agreement with any other :orporation, partnership or individual to egulate production or fix juices. It is o be noted, however, that combinations n production are now moic commonly aking the form of large corporations cgully organized into which have been nerged many smaller ones. This bill would not np|>arcntly outlaw the Hugar Trust as at present organized, any more than it would any other corp ration. ***** ? A grand Alliance mass-meeting held at Ooldshoro on the 12?tli. A niimher of prominent men made speeches, among them being President L. I,. Polk, of the National Alliance ami Industrial Union, and Senator Pelh r, of Kansas, Another similar meeting will he held it: Charlotte on August 20th. A meeting of the farmers and workingmen of Chesterfield county, Va., was held at the comity court-house on irioav, June 10th, ami ?n address made l?y Robert Snavcly, State lecturer of the Farmers' Alliance, who explained the objects and principles of the Alliance. ******* It was Byron who said that a drop of ink may make a million people think. So it can, and like the shot that was fired hy the embattled farmers and heard round the world, so a word may sometimes stir the heart of a nation or lead to the most important results. Blonde and Negro Wedded. Jacksonviixk, fix., | Special. | Many < !! i/.OJl" are indi^ilnnl ovei h lu<?i I <?;;* which took place eaily in the evening at :ho resilience af the Rev. Mr. Dewitt. ,? stor of Mount Kmory Baptist Church, lohn II. Wiight, a Chicago negro, was married to Miss Valetta Gott, whose home, accordipg to her own story, is in Ihn lington, Iowa. Miss Gott is a bright, good looking young lady, fair and with pretty blonde tresses, while Wright is as black as the ace of spades, His Friends Tendering Him Their Cheer hnd Sympathy. New York, [ Special. J - In the best social circles here there litis l>eeu wbisnered (or a few days a I tile hint whioh has absorbed all iutorvsl in other topics. Never has the charms and popularity of the fair bride whom Orover Oleveland won been apparent. This hiul is ouc that women tell among themselves with that quiet and delicious joy that the symptom of coming maternity always creates; nud it is a fat higher honor ami a richer crown of happiness than ever hi* great office moiigiii nun tlint tin* most cordial rvdi- , mi' ?i? lad winner of.one of the most gracious a of WOIUUO. W The ltreathlng of a Locomotive. a Tho "breathing" of a locomotive? N* that is to say, the number of puffs given m by a railway engine during its journey m ?Uopundi upon thr oircumforeneo of iU X driving wheels ami their spoed. No mat- ^ tor what the rate of speed inay bo, for every one round of the driving wheels a locomotive will give four pulls?two out of each cylinder, the cylinders being double. The sizes of driving wheels vary, some bciug eighteen, nineteen, twenty ami even twenty-two feet in circumference, although they are generally made of about twenty feet. The express speed varies from fifty-font to fifty-eight miles nn hour. Taking the average circumference of the driving wheel to be twenty feet, ami the speed per hour fifty iniioe, a locomotive will give, going at oxpreei^ speed, 880 puff? p?r txiluute, or. puffs per mile. going from Ijondon to Liverpool, a distance of 201} miles, will thiow out 2I8.04H puffs before arriving at its destination. During the tourist season of ISNS tho journey from Loudon to Edin burgh win accomplished in lets than eight hours, the distance being 101 miles, giving it speed throughout ol fifty miles an hour. A locomotive of mi express train from London to Edinburgh, subject to the above conditions, will give 45M,45ll pulit.?Iron. Little Jeff Davis Hayes Indignant. Jackson, M isb.?When fhePresiden' :?! puity icached Colorado (Springs, i 'ol., the citizens were prepared to give iiiin a royal welcome. This being the iioine of Mrs. Margaret Davis llaycs, the laughter of Jefferson Davis, the citizens President In embryo. Like other Indian of the town, Mrs. Hayes put on her children their best appatel and sent theur out to see the President. Jeff, whom the enterprising citizens of the little citv had given a conpicious place in the reception of the President, was recognized and saluted by Mis. McKce. Mr. Wsnnmaker, and other members of the distinguished party, but ioi cived no mark of recognition from the President. At this neglect upon the part ol the mil ion's executive, he was highly incimxeil, and on returning home he expo' id his indignation to his mother. .|i-Miculating with his bunds, he said: "Mother, Mr. Harrison didn't even take his hat off to mo.'-' Nature's Freaks in Georgia. Haxi.ky. (1a., (Special.]?J. J Clark, living but u few miles from Huxley, has a monstrosity in the shape of a sheep. It has two perfectly formed heads attached to one body uud neek. When chewb6?*j^ i ? fond it uses- both mouths.. wUbyarii feet accuracy, and is a naturaffefretij^Hj Mostrki.i.o, Oa., I Special. |?Mr. I~*v Will Thoinasou, near Winford, lias a lllUl's cifir 11 *|t ?s sfimowlnil n( n C'TICCttJ". Besides being the usual thapc, it has from the small cud a growth about one inch in length and the size of a lead pencil, which is foi led back toward the larger end, resembling the aim and baud of an imam. Da.niki.svii.ik, Oa., [Special.]?A large homed sunkc was killed by Lewis Dandier, a few days ago. It measured 5 feet and :t inches in length. This makes (lie second homed snake killed l.ere within a week. 'I he Into of this snake is fatal. Womon Fleeing From the Flames. Ottawa, Ont., [Special.j?The village of Cusclinnu, about thirty miles flora Ottawa, oti the line of the Cauada Atlantic Railway, was almost entirely destroyed by five to-day. Paascngcrs by the Cunuda Atlantic truin from Montreal siy the village, when the pnsscd through it lust night, was a mass of fiie. Piles of lumber, measuring millions of feet, hugh stacks of tan bark, and uearly every house and stoic in tlie village were on tire. Men, women and children were rushing towurd the woods in the most frantic manner. The population is about 1,000. A New and Peculiar Insect. Tho currant bushes in the vicinit of Bloomiugton, III., are infected by a new an 1 peculiar insect, which covers almost completely the green fruit, and whose poisonous qualities have occasioned much excitement. A child of Ed. Moll of Bloomington died,the doctors declare, from eating the parasite-infected gre?w<? currants. The child died in the mosttgj^ intense agony, suffering as if witb rabies. Two other childfflVM^---'low from the samo cause. Maay are ridding their gardens of all currarc bushes.? Washinolon Star. Large Sale of Phosphate Laad. Jacksonville, Fla., [Special].?A <>, ala special to The Times-Union, says: James A. lluiimaud Albert us Vokl !m?e I sold to a syndicate 4,900 acres of pbosLwhatc land in Marion, Levy, Citrus, HerJm.111d(> and Polk counties for $570,000 "ash. they retaining in the same fifty-one one hundredths interest in order to con111 >1 it. Potest, Peru, loaded with precious metal, is "the richest region on th]s hemisphere." .. ^